---
name: "git-sh-i18n"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "2.56.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-sh-i18n"
---

# git-sh-i18n(1)

Git's i18n setup code for shell scripts

## NAME

git-sh-i18n - Git's i18n setup code for shell scripts

## SYNOPSIS

```
. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-i18n"
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones.

The 'git sh-i18n scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using .) by Git’s porcelain programs implemented in shell script. It provides wrappers for the GNU **gettext** and **eval\_gettext** functions accessible through the **gettext.sh** script, and provides pass-through fallbacks on systems without GNU gettext.

## FUNCTIONS

gettext

Currently a dummy fall-through function implemented as a wrapper around **printf**(**1**). Will be replaced by a real gettext implementation in a later version.

eval\_gettext

Currently a dummy fall-through function implemented as a wrapper around **printf**(**1**) with variables expanded by the [**git-sh-i18n--envsubst**(1)](/git-sh-i18n--envsubst/1.md) helper. Will be replaced by a real gettext implementation in a later version.

## GIT

Part of the [**git**(1)](/git/1.md) suite